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Okay, so it’s not as much funny as it is accurate and sadly true commentary on how so many–primarily the lumpenproletariat–Americans act on Black Friday or as I like to call it, “Diverse Complexion Friday” or “Obama Electorate Friday,” spurred on by stores who have limited quantity doorbusters, etc.

Do you do Black Friday (or, these days, also Black or Grey Thursday)? Why or why not? If so, what was the best deal you got? I’ve done Black Friday in the past, but it was never worth it. Not even close. It used to be fun . . . in the days when stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy and Kmart had plenty of doorbuster items to go around and you could just show up when they opened, knowing you’d get yours. Now it’s mayhem and camping out all night and fighting. Craziness. I don’t get the people who do this.

And as I’ve written before, it’s just another sign of why our jobs and manufacturing are gone from America. We want cheap stuff and don’t want to make it. We’ve become a consumer society to our doom. As I’ve said before, Black Friday killed America.

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Hey Debbie — I agree with you on your estimation of Black Friday, but I have to say that the first couple Black Fridays I went shopping it was kind of fun. Quite a few years ago (my daughter was little) and I would get to Walmart at about 4:40 a.m. (back then they didn’t open until 5 a.m.). I’d wander through and collect a few toys and a couple household items (like a thermos or a new iron) and check out and be back home by 6:30 a.m. Then, a couple years ago, I finally had $200 for a doorbuster (tv) and I got there and found out you were supposed to line up hours ahead of time to get a ticket for the doorbuster item (of which there were a very limited quantity). Never again — no thanks. Oh, by the way — the people I was around behaved very well (I live in Minnesota).

MomInMinnesota, your post was so cute. I got the biggest kick out of your last line. LOL. I have never been but I have heard about “Minnesota Nice”. Oh, and of course the infamous “Minnesota Goodbye”. I have a friend who I call “Minnesota Girl” because when we say “goodbye” (on the phone) it still takes at least 10 more minutes for the call to end. 😀

I’ve done Black Friday once, about 4 years ago. My husband wanted to see what all the fuss was about so we went out early in the morning. It was not that great with all the pushy, annoying people. Unless it is for something truly spectacular, I do not think I will ever shop on Black Friday. I find the entire spectacle of Black Friday to be sad, and a disgusting display of how people in this country have become so selfish. How many of these people are wasting money they don’t really have on TV’s and video games, while complaining about how the government and rich people owe them?

In totalitarian societies, festivals are an important part of the culture. Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany were noted for their festivals. And they did have large appeal to those societies’ equivalent of the lumpenproletariat.

Perhaps events like these are our form of such festivals, along with other idiotic activities that involve people like this. Actual patriotic events that have real significance have been robbed of their meaning over the years by the left.

Do you know some people say that the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special is racist because Franklin is sitting alone on one side of the table? I actually heard that talked about this morning on sat radio. Incredible how people always want to add a racial component to everything.

I always thought that the whole Peanuts gang was racist because Franklin is the only black kid in the bunch. What’s up with that? Just kidding. You’re right certain fools will always try to find a racial component in everything.

It’s just another sign of why our jobs and manufacturing are gone from America. We want cheap stuff and don’t want to make it. We’ve become a consumer society to our doom. As I’ve said before, Black Friday killed America.

In short, Americans at large expect plenty for nothing. Only problem – there is only so many ‘Going out of Business sales’ that can happen before there is no more business to go out of business. If one gets what I mean!

I’ve never shopped on Black Friday. During that time frame I’ve either gone on Sunday or did everything on Cyber Monday in the safety and peace of my living room. You get some good deals online and I think that it’s cool when UPS, FEDEX, or even the USPS shows up at my door with my goodies. My best experience with Black Firday was working at the mall in my old neighborhood. Talk about crowds of people all rushing about getting this and that. My former part time job was by the security office so people were on their best behavior. That job was three years of fun especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas time.

Black Friday here in California is the day when all the Obama voters hit the big stores for some major shoplifting. All the crowds and noise provide them with an excellent cover and concealment to shove lots of goodies and stuff down their pants and under their jackets.

I did a little shopping on Friday. I bought a full sheet of 1/2″ shop birch plywood and two 16 foot pine 1x12s. Not much of a crowd at the lumber yard. My paper from Wednesday had so many advertisements in the bundle that it was far bigger than a Sunday paper. And it all went straight to the recycling.

I am NOT a crowds person. Especially since the culture took a turn recently. Amazon for all my stuff I didn’t get before Halloween. The hyenas can feed on each other. Last time I did a black friday was about 10 years ago at the Westland Mall. That sucked. I will not subject myself to that again. The bargains I got weren’t even that big of a deal for the hoopla. Reading about the carnage online was disgusting but expected. I do find it funny how many of the union goofs scoop up their China products as fast as they can but they tail gate a Kia for kicks.

“I can’t get service to my phone. How can I get service to it?” “Why is my voicemail not working for me? Where do I find the button.” “I don’t need a damn manual. I want you to fix it for me.” “Can I get a white person to help me? GET ME YOUR SUPERVISOR!” (from an actual chat – guy was way off his f***in’ meds)

Oh, and calls about the iPhone % and the Samsung S III and the Nokia 920 (all from AT&T) – arrgh!

Note to the wise: if any of you post BF/CM participants decide to get that piece of high-tech bling, before ambushing a hard-working yet grossly-underpaid-for-the-work-being-done tech rep, take some time to RTFM. Please, and thank you, thank you, thank you.

LOL Rev! I can just imagine the yahoos and their lack of comportment that call you. In 2012 when I have to call tech support I make sure I am uber calm (even if I am not feeling it) and talk slower as to put the tech at ease (because if I approach them that way, the problem will be solved in a less dramatic way) and I am very conciliatory and make sure I have plenty of time to burn. When I can do all those things I get better service and I am calm and so is the tech. And my problem gets solved in one call and I am always grateful for the help.

At any rate, your job sounds like a great one & I sure would be proud to do what you do. I am not a people person so I don’t think I would last long. But IF I were a people person I would be proud to do what you do. Bully for you!

Thanks for the shoulder, Skunky. Ironically, I’m no people person myself, but I sure as heck want to make things work the way they should.

I’ve had tons of people asking me to resolve issues that are too big to be handled with the resources at my disposal. Most are understanding, but there are those amongst them who expect an instant miracle that comes from pressing a Staples Easy Button. Just like liberals and some (most?) conservatives – they want a fast-food solution to a full-course problem.

I’d challenge anyone to work a single shift at a job that requires thinking, patience, initiative and knowledge. Plus great spelling skills – because my job deals with people coming into the website with their complaints. If you can survive and thrive, hats off to you.

I don’t shop Black Friday because it is demeaning. It’s like waving a carrot in front of people’s noses and they perform like pet raccoons. Not me. I don’t care if they’re giving that stuff away. And I’m not shopping Walmart or Target anymore. I support neither the unions nor the management who dangle carrots for the masses and are also open on Thanksgiving. They cheapen Thanksgiving for a dollar with no regard for our heritage here in America. I will not digress into a clutching, running barbarian for the latest tv or iPad.